DECADE: 1910-1919

Humanities

Basic Info

The 1910s was a decade of great change for America.

During this decade the US was first considered a world leader.

Many of the issues of 1910 were ones we face today: escalation of immigration and poverty, labor and monopoly battles, work safety, and child labor problems.

World War I- the first war to end all wars raged

Facts about this Decade

Population: 92,407,000 Life Expectancy: Male 48.4 Female 51.8 Average Salary: $750/year Unemployed: 2,150,000 National Debt: $1.15 Billion Union Membership: 2/1 million Strikes 1,204 Attendance: Movies 30 million per week Lynchings: 76 Divorce: 1/1000 Vacation: 12 day cruise $60 Whiskey: $3.50/gallon Milk: $.32/gallon Speeds make automobile safety an issue 25,000 performers tour 4,000 US theaters

1910-1919 Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoHxcEIf-3o

Historical Events and Technology

The Progressive Era lasted from 1895 until World War IPeriod of unrest and reformLabor unions continued to grow as the middle classes

became more and more unhappyUnsafe working conditions led to fire that killed 145

female workers at the Triangle Shirtwaist FactoryChildren were hired to work in factories, mills, and mines

for long hours in unsafe and unhealthy conditions. 20% of children living in cities were undernourished, education took second place to hunger and while children worked, only 1/3 enrolled in elementary school and less than 10% graduated from high school.

The status of the Negro worsened.

Historical Events and Technology continued…

Women were striving for equalityThe first suffrage parade was held in 191019th Amendment finally ratified in 1919http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kupHUYeBz7sAmerica became the most highly industrialized country.Mass production of carsPopular culture became a lucrative national product for

the US.People all over the world were dancing our dance

crazed, listening to our jazz tunes, wearing our fashions, falling for our pop fads, and buying our products.

Tobacco was Big Business

Historical Events and Technology continued…

Sinking of the Titanic April 15, 1912 The first moving assembly line began in 1914.In 1915, the one-millionth Model T rolled off the

assembly lineThe National Park Service was founded Prohibition (1919)First parachute jump was madeGirl Scouts of America was foundedPresidents were:

William Howard Taft 1909-1913 Woodrow Wilson 1913-1921

Art and Architecture

Three fundamental concepts concerning art in America were seriously reconsidered between 1910-1920: What is art? Who makes decisions about standards? How is art shared with the viewing public?

Art and Architecture continued…

In 1908, the following artists from Ashcan School called “the eight” put on an exhibition of their work. Robert Henri John Sloan William Glackens George Luks Everett Shinn Ernest Lawson Maurice Prendergast Arthur B. Davies

Art and Architecture continued…

Artists painted scenes of the less glamorous aspects of modern life.

These became known as the Ash Can realists.“The eight” depicted life in gritty New York

scenery and lower class residents. Industrialism was also a subject for the realistic

art forms. Despite social change, the arts were not yet

enlightened.Norman Rockwell painted his first cover for the

Saturday Evening Post in 1916.

Video on 20th Century

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C444dsSI6Jk

Books That Define the Times

George Eastman brought photography to the massesThe Smart Set by H.L. MenckenThe New Republic by Herbert CrolyThe Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man by James

Weldon JacksonUncle Remus by Joel Chandler HarrisThe Economic Consequences of the Peace by J.M.

KeyesThe American Language by H.L. MenckenDemocracy and Education by John DeweyFamily Limitation by Margaret Sanger

Fads and Fashion

Women were beginning to think more of comfort.

Fell for the hobble skirtFabrics became lighter, colors are brighter,

and styles are looser. Lowered necklines became popular Sales of cold cream and lemon extract escalateThe Tea Gown was worn at home.Important years for fursHemlines inched up to show ankles.

Fashion

Fads and Fashion Video

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Music

The 1910s were called the Ballroom Decade.Many of the trendier restaurants were

equipped with dance floors.Black Americans continued to write and

perform ragtime, blues, and jazz.Popular Songs of the Decade

Alexander’s Ragtime Band Danny Boy You Made Me Love You Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life The Aba Daba Honeymoon

Music continued…

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Theater, Film, and Radio

Teens enjoyed Theda Bera and vamping, a seductive, sexual dance and posturing

Americans flocked to the Ziegfeld follies and Vaudeville on Broadway to see such stars as Fannie Brice, Fatty Arbuckle, and bill “Bojangles” Robinson.

Popular Movies: Birth of a Nation, The Floorwalker, Daddy Long Legs, Les Miserables, and A Tale of Two Cities.

A Tale of Two Cities

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUPAV5PoqRg

The End!!!!